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enI know it's Election Day, but Blair masturbated on last night's episode of Gossip Girl!http://bitchmagazine.org/post/i-know-its-election-day-but-blair-masturbated-on-last-nights-episode-of-gossip-girl
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<p class="MsoNormal">I don't know how many of you sharp feminists out there watch the CW's <i>Gossip Girl</i>, but those of you who don't missed out on a rarely televised occurrence last night: female masturbation. Last night's episode opened with a scene of teen queen Blair Waldorf masturbating to a fantasy of bad boy Chuck Bass performing oral sex on her. When interrupted by her housekeeper, Dorota, Blair said she has to "finish something" before school, and she ducked back under the covers to, well, finish.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Now say what you will about the evils of Gossip Girl (and <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/02/AR2008110202592.html" rel="nofollow">this Washington Post article</a> says plenty), but I can't think of another teen show that would portray a young, female, protagonist taking her sexuality into her own hands, so to speak. Sure, Gossip Girl promotes consumerism, unhealthy body images, and just plain teen nastiness, but it is also telling young girls (and boys) that it's okay to masturbate. I mean come on, Blair is cool and she does it, so why can't they?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I am racking my brain to think of another teen queen masturbation scene (see how that rhymes so nicely?) on primetime television, but I am at a loss. I can't imagine a scene like this happening on <i>Gossip Girl</i>'s predecessor, <i>Beverly Hills: 90210</i>. Is this a first for teenage television programming? Is this a good thing, or should masturbation be kept out of the primetime television lineup?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you ask me, masturbation is healthy, fun, and risk-free, and the more normalized it becomes for teenaged television-watchers, the better. What do you think?</p>
http://bitchmagazine.org/post/i-know-its-election-day-but-blair-masturbated-on-last-nights-episode-of-gossip-girl#commentsGossip Girlmasturbationteen sexteensLove / ShoveWed, 05 Nov 2008 00:00:56 +0000Kelsey Wallace876 at http://bitchmagazine.orgBusting the "Technical Virgin" Mythhttp://bitchmagazine.org/post/busting-the-technical-virgin-myth
<p>For months now, articles about our &quot;hook-up culture&quot; have touted the fact that teens have been engaging in oral and anal sex instead of vaginal sex so that they can <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48509-2005Mar18.html" rel="nofollow">still call themselves virgins</a>. The trouble is, it turns out that so-called fact is actually a myth.
</p><p>According to a new study by the <a href="http://www.guttmacher.org/" rel="nofollow">Guttmacher Institute</a>, a think tank focused on sexual and reproductive health issues, the <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080520/hl_nm/sex_usa_dc_5" rel="nofollow">&quot;technical virgin&quot; thing is a myth</a> Instead, the Guttmacher study of teen sexual behavior found that &quot;Teens said they began vaginal and oral sex at roughly the same time -- by six months after first vaginal intercourse, 82 percent had also engaged in oral sex, according to the study.&quot; Only about 10 percent of the teens studied had engaged in anal sex, the vast majority of whom also engaged in vaginal sex.</p>
<p>The Guttmacher's Laura Lindberg, who led the study, called out the Bush administration on its policy to teach mainly abstinence in school programs. This &quot;does not give teens the skills and information they need to be safe.&quot; Since <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/stdconference/2008/media/release-11march2008.htm" rel="nofollow">CDC figures released in March show 1 in 4 teenage girls has a sexually transmitted disease</a>, she's darn tootin' right that abstinence-only education is failing our girls.</p>
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http://bitchmagazine.org/post/busting-the-technical-virgin-myth#commentsGuttmachersexsexualitySTDteen sexLove / ShoveWed, 21 May 2008 19:07:25 +0000Miriam Wolf427 at http://bitchmagazine.org